Tag: News Releases


UTHSC Faculty Honored at Health Care Heroes Awards Competition

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Three UTHSC faculty members were honored Thursday, September 9 as award recipients for the Health Care Heroes Awards competition, sponsored by the Memphis Business Journal. Seven others affiliated with UT were finalists.


UT Researchers Seek At-Risk Women for Breast Cancer Study

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Researchers at the UT Health Science Center Department of Preventive Medicine are looking for postmenopausal women at increased risk for the development of breast cancer to participate in a research study.


Greystone and UTHSC Receive $1 Million for Hemostatic Research

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Greystone Medical Group and UTHSC have been awarded $1 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to research and develop hemostatic agents for treating battlefield injuries.


Foundation Announces Commitment to UT Neuropathy Research

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The newly established Neuropathy Research Foundation and UTHSC announced a long-term commitment to fund research and establish a lab devoted to studying peripheral neuropathy.


UT Researcher Makes Headway with Experimental Strep Vaccine

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UT professor, James B. Dale, MD, is involved in a clinical research study that is making headway in developing a vaccine against a common strep germ. Results of the study co-authored by Dr. Dale are reported in the August 11 issue of JAMA.


UT Associate Professor Awarded Grant to Enhance Family Medicine

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UTHSC associate professor, John E. Delzell, Jr., MD,has been awarded a $269,433 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration.


Interim Director and Deputy Director Named for UT Cancer Institute

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UTHSC is pleased to announce that Mohammad Jahanzeb, MD, has been named interim director of the UT Cancer Institute, and Lawrence Pfeffer, PhD, has been named interim deputy director.


Ophthalmology Department Awarded Grant

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Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) has awarded a $110,000 grant to the UTHSC Department of Ophthalmology to support research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases.